I saw a United 733 land today and wondered why it wasn't a yellow/blue A320..that was around maybe 12:45p and I think it was registered as N172UA. Then around 5:30p I saw an American 763 on final (I was under it) and I think it was registered as N368AA or N386AA. anyone know why these two odd birds were in Sin City today? It didn't have anything to with the shutdowns, did it?

I know that in January and February, UAL was sending in many mainline painted A320s, not TED painted. This B733 may have just been a sub for a TED flight. In regards to the AA B763, they have been slipping them in to LAS here and there. I believe they are doing this when they have had a cancelled flight to give them extra lift. Last time I saw this was in December I believe when they had 2 B757s down in LAS and they brought in a B763 to replace the cancelled flights. I hope this helps.

Not for nothing, but AA 763s pop up from time to time at LAS as a sup. There was one there last week providing extra lift to ORD after the MD-80s were pulled out of service. It doesn't happen often, but it really isn't that rare either. FYI...

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Quoting Qqflyboy (Reply 6):Not for nothing, but AA 763s pop up from time to time at LAS as a sup. There was one there last week providing extra lift to ORD after the MD-80s were pulled out of service. It doesn't happen often, but it really isn't that rare either. FYI...